Spring-cushion.



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Patentd Nov. 28, I899. H. A. MOYER. SPRING cusmou.

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(Application filed Dec. 5, 1898.)

Imam" v Q [ME TOR 7V ATTORNEY q 10441110; WASHINGTON UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARVEY A. MOYER, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

SPRING-CUSHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,814, dated November 28, 1899.

Application filed December 5, 1898. I Serial No. 698,253. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARVEY A. MoYER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in S pring-Oushions, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the fastenings of spiral springs in cushioned seats of carriages, chairs, sofas, and in other analogous elastic articles. The object of the invention is to provide neat, simple, and secure fastenings for such springs, and which fastenings shall efiectually prevent lateral displacement of the springs; and to that end the invention consists, essentially, of a spring-cushion comprising a stay consisting of sheets of textile fabric placed one upon the other, circular rows of stitches uniting said sheets, and spiral springs having their ends inserted through one of said sheets and curved to pass between the sheets along the aforesaid rows of stitches, as hereinafter more fully described, and set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a spring-cushion embodying my invention, part of the cover being broken away to better illustrate the more important features of the invention; and Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section on line X X in Fig. 1.

a represents the stay or base, upon which the spiral springs b b are mounted and to which they are fastened. This stay I form of two or more stout flexible sheets a a which may be either stout textile fabric or leather, which sheets are placed one upon the other and united, preferably, by circular rows of stitches, as shown at c 0, located at the places where the springs are to be attached. Each of said springs has its attaching end inserted through a hole (1 in the sheet a, at a point adjacent to one of the aforesaid rows of stitches,

and the inserted end portion of the spring passes between the two sheets and is curved to follow the circular row of stitches and lie contiguous thereto, so as to be prevented thereby from becoming displaced laterally. Said circular row of stitches may be of a diameter to extend either around the inner periphery or around the'outer periphery of the inserted portion of the spring, as shown, respectively, at n and n, and, if desired, two concentric rows of stitches may be arranged, as shown at M, to receive between them the inserted portion of the spring.

When the desir'ed spring stay or base a is to be used for a cushion of a carriage-seat, I stitch the sheets ct a across a rigid frame 6 and securely fasten them to said frame, preferably by wrapping the marginal portion of the sheets around the side and end bars of said frame and sewing the edges to the main portion of the sheets, as represented at i.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. In a spring-cushion the combination of a stay consisting of sheets of textile fabric placed one upon the other, circular rows of stitches uniting said sheets, and spiral springs having their ends inserted through one of said sheets and curved to pass between the sheets along the aforesaid rows of stitches, as set forth.

2 In a spring-cushion, the combination of a rigid frame, a stay consisting of sheets of textile fabric placed one upon the other and extending across said frame, and fastened thereto, circular rows of fastening devices uniting said sheets, and spiral springs having their ends inserted through one of said sheets and curved to pass between the sheets along the aforesaid rows of fastening devices as se forth.

HARVEY A. MOYER. 

